Game



' y 7, 1931- F. R. CHESTER 1,812,930

GAME

Filed May 7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN V EN TOR.

1 E: 7 2 AI TORNEYS.

uly 7, 1931. F. R. CHESTER 1,812,930

GAME

Filed May 7, 1927 2 Sheets-Shut 2 ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK It. CHESTER, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHESTERFIELD CONTROL COM- PANY, 0]? DOVER,DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE GAME I Application filed May 7,

This invention relates to an improved game. Y I

It is'an objectof the invention to provide a game of skill preferably tobe operated by 5 two players in competition with each other, which gamewill include relatively few and ruggedly constructed parts capable ofbeing assembled to provide a mechanism operating over long periods oftime with freedom from mechanical difliculty, aside from the fact thatthe game may be manufactured at a relatively nominal figure.- I

"A'further object of the invention is that of providing a game in whichoperators will control the movements of two figures preferablysimulating "in appearance boxers, and whichgame'will be of such improvedconstruction and operation that this control may be exercised to enablethe operators to match their skill, duplicating almost every major blowand defense guard capable of being resorted to by a professional boxer.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in partappear hereinafter.

' With these and further objects in mind, the invention accordinglycomprises the features of construction, combination of elements andarrangement of parts which will be exempli- 0 fled .in the constructionhereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will beindicated in the claims.

i For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the inventionreference should be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one form of game embodying theimproved construction of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a-similar view, showing in section the base of the game; v

Fig. 3 's a transverse sectional view of one of the figures forming apart-0f the game;

. Fig. 4 is a partly sectional side view of this figure; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional plan view of the arm connection whichmay be utilized.

In these views the numeral 10 indicates a ba e, which is preferably.hollowand which 1927. Serial No. 189,511.

adjacent a coin slot 16, the depositing into which of a token may permitof the initiation of game operation.

In the present instance, the upper surface of thebase 10 is formed witha longitudinallyextending slot 17 along which figures, indicatedgenerally at 18 and 19, are movable bodily by means of the knobs 11 and14, respectively, articulated members of the figures being moved bymeans of the controls 12 and 13, all as will hereinafter moreparticularly appear.

With reference to the construction of the figuresattention being invitedparticularly to Figs. 3, 4.- and 5-it will be noted that each of thesefigures, in the present exemplification, includes a nether and bodyportion, as well as arms and head. The nether portion may embrace limbs20 and 21, the latter being pivoted to the former as at 22, and beingurged by a spring 23 to assume a normally forwardly-extending position,as has been shown in Fig. 4. Mounted for rotation upon the netherportion of the figure is the body portion including a torso 24, thelower edge of which may be extended downwardly as at 25 to overlap theupper edge of the nether por tion, and which torso may be covered by asweater or garment, as has been indicated at 26 in Fig. 1. Pivotallysecured to the neck 27 of the torso is a head 28; and fixed upon stubshafts 29 rotatably supported by the torso are arms, in each instanceincluding an upper arm portion 30 and a forearm portion 31, the twobeing pivotally connected together by a rod 32 rigid wit-h the forearmsection and pivoted as at 33 to the upper arm portion.

' Secured to the nether portion of the figure is a shaft 34, whichextends through an opening in the torso 24 and into the interior of thesame, mounting at its upper end a bevel gear 35. A similar gear 36 issecured to the lower face of the torso 2e and loosely encircles theshaft 34. The limb 20 is provided Withan enlargement of its cavityadjacent 7 its upper end, at which point a transverselyextending crankshaft 37 is mounted; a. link 38 having its upper end secured to thecrank of this shaft, and the latter mounting a bevel gear 39, the teethof which mesh With the teeth of thegear 86. Furtherinorm; it vvill. .=be

observed that the inner ends of the stub shafts 29 each mount a bevelgear 40, the-teeth-of 'vvhiehmeshflvvith the teethwof the gear35 7 link38 is pulled or pushed be correspondingly moved, and, accord ngly,

so that if the ;.torso-,is rotated aroundnthe fixed shaft 345 the shafts29 Willbe' turned.

' As a consequence of this structure, if the the shaft 37 will the gear36 being secured to the torso 24, the

latter Will be shifted "around -sha-ftfi3, "and incident to suchshifting the shafts '29 Willbe turned,

As shown, particularly in lTig. the-upper j arm poftion 'iS {hollow andtheinner end of the rod32 terminates in fork 41,;to' vh1ch the outerend-of a link-42 is pivotally secured;

it being noted that this point of connectionis shortfof the p oint of pivotal rngninting 33 of Y of "forearmsection. lhej upper end'ef the linkis 'roclringlyf' co-nneetedto the torso v by meaf'ns of apin 43'eccentrically dispo-sed with "respect to the shaft 29. The upper ;armpor-v trimming secured to-this" shaiit',; andethe lat;-

at turning, the upper K arm portion nfv'ill :be

rocked'v'vith respect-to the torso, and, consequently, as the upper armportion approaches -horizontalf position the forearm section 3 1 willgradually shift from the position at "which it extends at less; than tothe upper arm portion to a position at, which it substantial alignmentwith the upper arm portion (both portions havi-n g been lin- "dicatedinI dotted lines in r I 111 the present instance, each ofthe -figures 1Smounted for movement along the trash provided by the slot 17 byar'ranging rods &4 one; to each-"side of tli is slotandbelow the deckofthe base. I, Slida'bly mounted between fthese rodsiis a jpa ir ofcarriages, generally indicated at 45 each of which-embraces w twocentrally-located and spaced plates 46 havi ing a connectinglbar47extending bet-Ween them. In order to" support each'ofthe; fi

ures upon a ear'ifiag'e-to-inove with thefsaine and to bemounte'dgt'ohave m'ove- "ment with respect the'reto a shaft 48 eXtendsbetween the pl'atesA-G, and the limb portion is; extended -in -the formof a 10 air of spaced pedestalplates 4l9 throngl'i tvhich'the shaft-:extends, these -pl ates being Cc o'ntijnued in the form of an interrupted piriion-*5O, the iteeth c f ivhich mesh 'one' with eachfof spacedarouate recl im-gnarl; Eli) and pinions 50 forming cbntinuatiQns thereofthe teeth of thesejelemeiits' ineshin g and the racks 5 1 beingcennected ;at their flower-ends and meunted at'fa paint-above the 'sam e'by means "lovv' the point of tensed-ion of-the raeks is a d in linewith the plates true r d n; n estin becounterweight 52, and it is hereto be noted that the parts are so proportioned that, While the figure,incident to its mounting and the provision of the-counterweight, servesnormally to be maintained in vertical position, it maybeshifted-as',hasbeen indicated in dotted'lines'in Fig. 4.t0 rock with respect to theshaft 4:8, this rocking resulting in a movenent vofthe. counterweight52, which ,Wlll

travel atra. comparatively .slotv rate of speed as regards the figuremovement by virtue of T the reduction between the pinions and racks.Consequently, the figure, when once moved out of vertioal-;.posi tion,Will move at a comparatively slow rate to a point at which it ezrtends"substantially -horizontally, as :has

been shown in full lines 2.

"fllormally, the figure -is Y prevented from 'rockingw'ith; re's'pebt tothe carriage by rneans of t me 53 which--'eitends-vvithin the hollow'liinb 2- 0 through-- a slot inthe lower face of the -torso QA- andintothe hollow interior of; the llaitter.-= jfflhis rod isspring-pressed as 1 -at 5-t to be normally proj eeted downwardly, and

aged-wee S forked at 55 to embrace the ect thisgextension being:-link-connected as at 58 to one arm- OfaCI fi-Ilk59 Wl1 1-Cl1 underliesthe feravardly projeeting 'eiid 5160 of the rod 53. "The second ;arm ofthis crank provides a breast-plate 61; As a consequence, ifithe h'ead2:8 is moved rearwardly the-rod 53 ivill be sh ifted upwardly, and thesame movement vi'll follow if -the breast plate bl :is pushed "inwardly.{In either" of these instances,- in addition to withdrawing the forkedend 5 -5 'lfromwthe rod- 47,- the figu rie is forced rear- Wardly so asto initiate a topplin'g;of the figi l a gtlie tiine of :withdrawalzofithe rod from itsg locl nng position, lwhich t-op'pl-ing willcontinueincidentto'the action of gravity.

1 In ordento shift each of the figures along the slot 17, it ispreferred that eachcar-riage 45) provide a {rack portion- 62, vvhichmeshes with I-=-the teeth '63} ofgears secured to the shafts 6 4:mounti'ng thePknObsOr controls k11+l4.:- Accordingly-itWill-be obviousthat by rocking the latter the=carri ag es and figures supported thereby:rtvill be projecte'd or retractedgaldng the gt'raek. 1

lnorder that he figure parts: may ibe' actuated irrespective of theposition of thelatter',fthe linlr38, in e ch i-n tanc, has its loiverfend connected to crank portionb5 fo-rming a art orthe sh ft es; Theouter of the flatter terminatein a crank 66 and arranged ieo slot ofwhich the crank-end rides.

to extend'parallel'to the path of travel of this portion is a slottedbar 67, within the One bar is provided for each figure, and each ofthese bars is supported by a pair of links 68, one of whichis mounted bythe cabinet for rocking movement, the other being attached to the shaft69 to which the actuatingknobis secured. Thus, irrespective of theposition to which the carriage has been shifted, a

turning of the shaft 69 in either direction will result in a movement ofthe bar 67, caus-,

ing acorresponding movement of the crank 66 and shaft 48 to either pullor push the link 38 to effectuate the movements of the articulatedportions of the figures, as More described.

When a figure is knocked down, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, itbecomes necessary to reestablish the position thereof before a continuedactuation of the game may occur. In order to accomplish this result thecontrol or knob is secured to a shaft which mounts a lever 71 havingpins at its outer end riding one within each of slotted rods 72, theouter ends of which are connected, as in Figs.

' 2, 3 and 4, to the arcuate rack members 51 at lit points below the rod47. While this mechanism will in no wise interfere with the retractionand projection of the'figures along the track defined by the slot, it isobvious that if either or both of these figures are in recliningposition an operator, simply by turning the knob 15, will cause a pullto be exerted upon the rack and counterweight construction of thatfigure which is recumbent. This pull, by means of the racks and pinions,will cause an upward swinging of the figure to a position at which itextends substantially vertically with respect to its carriage, andfurther movement thereof will be prevented incident to the latch-portion56 of the fork 55 striking against the rod 47 and overlap ping the sameto again assume the position shown in full lines in these severalfigures.

From the foregoing the operation of the game will be clear. Brieflyreviewing the same, however, it is obvious that with the parts shown inthe position in Fig. 2, and preferably upon the insertion of a coin (ifa token-control mechanism be employed) the knob 15 is released formovement to establish the position of one or both figures. Thereupon,with one operator grasping the controls 11, 12, and the other operatorgrasping the controls 13, 14, it will be appreciated that the figuresmay be shifted toward and away from each other and simultaneously orindependently of such movement cause to swing the torso with respect tothe nether portions of their bodies, thus effectuating a swinging of thearms. If the position of one figure with respect to the other isproperly determined, and the blow is accurately timed, a skillfuloperator may cause the fists of the forearm portions to strike againsteither the headand particularly, the chin thereof or the breast-plate(approximating the location of the solar plexus). In either event, ifthe blow is delivered with sufficient force to score a knock-out the rod53 will be retracted and the figure will be caused to topple whereuponthe player controlling the movements of the remaining figure will bedeclared the winner. A repetition of the operation may be secured byagain actuating the control 15.

Thus, among others, the objects of this invention have beenaccomplished, and since certain changes may be made in the aboveconstruction, and different embodiments of the invention could be made,without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended tocover all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed and all statements of the scope of the invention which as amatter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is: 7 1. Agame,includingabase,figuresmounted upon saidbase, means for shifting said. figures toward and away from each other,movable portions forming a part of said figures, means for moving suchportions includ- .in g a crank, a parallel link movement mounted by saidbase, one of the links thereof being formed with a slot accommodatingthe end of said crank, said slot extending in the direction of shiftingof said figure, and means for rocking said parallel link movement toactuate the movable portions of said figure.

2. A game, including a figure comprising relatively rotatable nether andbody portions, a shaft secured to said former portion and .extendinginto the latter portion, a gear connected with the latter portion, meanscooperating with said gear to shift the body portion with respect to thenether portion, a further gear mounted by said shaft, arms, shaftsconnected with said arms and extending into said body portion, and gearssecured to said latter shafts and engaging said lastnamed gear.

3. A device of the character described comprising a figure includingrelatively movable body and nether portions, arms movably connected tosaid body portion and providing striking and guarding elements, meansfor axially rotating the body portion of said figure with respect to thenether portion thereof and means connected to said lastnamed means andarms for projecting the "latter throughout their tull range ofpositionsin -response vto the movements of the bodyportion with respect tothe-nether portion ofthefigure. I

4. A device of the character described including a figure comprisingrelatively rotatable body and nether portions connected to each otheradjacent the waist of-the figure,

limb portions movablyconne'cted tosaid fig ure, means for moving thesaid limbfportions with respect to said figure and means for rota tingthe body portion of the figure with respect to the nether portionthereof.-

'5. A device of the character described in- 'ing structure, means forrockingly mounting se'tidfigure upon said c'arriage, means itor normallylocking said figure a-'gai'nst move- -ment with respect to said carnage,meansfor ,releaslng said last named means whereby to permit said figureto assume a positioninclined with respect to said carriage, and meanswithin said supporting structuref for reestablishing said figure inproperfrelative position with 'respectto said c'arriageand againrendering said locking means {operative.

Intestimonywhereof I afiiX-my signature.

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and-extending into said body portion, means.

for rotating said"body-portion withrespect tosaid nether portion, shaftsmounting said arms and also extending into said body portion, gearssecured'to said latter shafts, and a gear meshing with said last-namedgears and secured to said 'first-na'med shaft-where by, upon said bodyportion being rotated with respect to said nether portion, saidarmshafts will be rotated to project and retract said arms. 7 I V c 7.'A game includinga su'ppo'rt,-ajtrackassociated with said support, afigure mounted for movement upon said track, means for projecting andretracting said 'fignreal ong said track, movable limb portions forminga part of saidffigure and means extending parallel and adjacent to thetrack and connected to said'limb portions to operate thesameirrespective of the position of said figure along 'said't'r'ack.

8. A device of the character described in- 'eludinga support, atrackforming a part of said support,la figure, a carriage no'unted upon saidtrack, means for rockinglycoupiling said figure for movement withrespect to said carriage, means for normallylocking said figure againstsuch movement, means forreleasing said'lastname d means, means forcushioning the rocking movements or I said figure and means for reestab-lishing said figure in proper position with respect tosaidcarriageand rendering said locking means operative.

9. A device 'f'thecharacter described including, in combination, asupporting structure, 1a, track associated with said structure,ajcarriage mounted for movement upon said track, a figure disposed abovesaid support;

